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Definition: SDI

(2) (Serial Digital Interface) SDI is a unidirectional video interface. Standardized by SMPTE in the late 1980s, SDI has been the primary interface for transmitting uncompressed digital video signals. SDI will eventually be replaced by IP-based NDI, and the many cables used in broadcasting facilities will be replaced with an Ethernet topography. See NDI.

Two sockets are input, and two are output. At 4:2:2 color sampling, SDI uses one line for in or out. However, HD-SDI at 4:4:4 requires two lines. See chroma subsampling. (Image courtesy of Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd, www.blackmagicdesign.com)